Solo: A Star Wars Story is an American feature film of the science fantasy and action genres. It is the sixteenth feature-length film project in the Star Wars multimedia franchise. It is the eleventh theatrically released film and the tenth live-action feature film. It is the second movie in the anthology spin-off projects following the 2016 film Rogue One. The film was directed by Ron Howard with a script written by Jonathan Kasdan and Lawrence Kasdan. It was produced by Lucasfilm, Ltd. and Walt Disney Productions and premiered theatrically in the United States on Memorial Day weekend, May 25th, 2018.

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were originally set to direct Solo: A Star Wars Story back in 2015. By 2017 however, creative differences arose between the directors and studio heads, resulting in their departure from the project. They were replaced by Ron Howard, who completed work on the film. Howard was brought onto the project on June 22nd, 2017. Shooting of the movie under Howard's direction resumed on July 10th, 2017. [1]

Phil Lord and Chris Miller expressed their opinions about leaving the film in an article with Vulture.com. "I think in terms of us leaving the project, I think everybody went in with really good intentions and our approach to making the movie was different than theirs. That was a really big gap to bridge, and it proved to be too big". [2]